You might have Hippodamus of Miletus to thank for your city blocks. An informative video explains the history of civil engineering, from the Pyramid-builder Imhotep to the Greeks (including Hippodamus) and the Romans, and to the first civil engineer, John Smeaton. The video also describes the structural, construction, transportation, sanitation, hydraulic, geotechnical aspects of civil engineering.

Concepts

civil engineering, engineering design, transportation, sanitation, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• Plan a field trip to a civil engineering office
• Have learners keep a running list of the types of engineering and their descriptions
  

Classroom Considerations

• A basic understanding of engineering from the previous video is necessary (this is the second of 46 videos in the Crash Course Engineering series)
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Interesting graphics and animations
• Using an example of planning a city on an uninhabited island helps viewers understand concepts
  

Cons

• None